Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beautiful as always. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 12 Oct 2019, at 07:04, Doug Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > Last week I visited Marin County California where I found a few birds: > > Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), a widespread raptor in North America. > Its plumage is highly variable, western birds being typically darker than > eastern ones. > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/buteo/rthawk22.html > > Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia), another widespread species with some > geographic plumage variation > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/passerellidae/melospiza/sospar02.html > > Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens), a west coast specialty. > Chickadees found in much of the rest of the continent are the Black-capped > Chickadee; other Chickadees species are the Boreal Chickadee, Carolina > Chickadee and Mountain Chickadee. These birds are related to old world > Tits (I didn't name them!) and the western Titmouse species. > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/paridae/poecile/cbchic00.html > > > Closer to home (much closer!) is another member of the Chickadee family, > the Oak Titmouse. This is another west coast species; similar birds are > the Juniper Titmouse and the Tufted Titmouse. > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/paridae/baeolophus/oatitm12.html > > Golden-crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia atricapilla), like the > closely-related White-crowned Sparrow, are migrants who breed in the far > north. There song is one of the reminders that winter is coming. > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/passerellidae/zonotrichia/gcspar12.html > > For comparison, an adult White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophyrs) > from last winter > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/passerellidae/zonotrichia/wcspar29.html > > all photos: off-topic equipment > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information